| Show y Yanks IJ Taught g ll Language of Land Where They lucy Are Stationed t I I 1 1 s I 1 It is planned to 10 supply e every cry troop troup unit out with ith a set nt of foreign language recordings upon leaving ing for tor or a n destination destination desti desti- nation where a foreign language is spoken It is estimated that after six 0 or set seven sc en hearings of the records and arid a I short period of ot applied study of the references the average s soldier I should hould ho have hoC C memorized td sufficient I phrases to 0 provide him with a aK aH adequate speaking vocabulary for or j his needs l Hr r. r Leo Lee Smith former in- in tar strut of or at lit cal uni- er ll Providence R I I. and di director nil dl- rector of the time radio Pl grains ram Are Art You ou ou From cam r is U In tin charge bare elit e. e lie lit points out that thai all although hough the procedure is based on en scientific lu sU of or principles of phonetics phonetic and amid phonemics it is U not riot In ton led as liS asa asa a II basic u t study of the foreign language It was as evolved us as an C expedient for quickly and stud instructing instructing- American troops i American troops embarking for i r iland iland rS S land where a foreign language is if spoken will be taught an elementary speaking knowledge of that through a new and simplified meth method method od cd of instruction featuring the use of phonograph records It Jt was a an announced announced by the time war department The Theo records are used in lion with reference pamphlets con taming laining Instructions in and a glossary containing I information on the language lan ace |
